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We were first introduced to the wines of Eric Cottat a few years back. He was brought to our attention by one of our long-time friends and winemakers in Sancerre, and we brought in a small amount, as that was all we were allowed to take at the time. Eric is a one-man show and only produces a small amount of wines each vintage for family, friends, and close customers, and then sells the rest of his fruit off to other eager producers in the region. This Sancerre blanc is always invigorating and fresh, with lemony citrus aromas and flavors accented by delic...Read More »

90 points Decanter: "Rich and complex nose showing fresh and dried herbs alongside bright fruit. Velvet textured palate with coffee lift and saline finish." (06/2018) Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The Tenuta di Sesta 2016 Rosso di Montalcino is a tart and crisp red wine to pair with cheesy pasta dishes. The wine has the acidity to cut through the fat in those dishes and the bight berry flavors to keep your palate clean. The 2016 vintage shows spectacular quality of fruit, so we can all look forward to the Brunellos from this vintage that will be rele...Read More »

91 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Another project between Eric Solomon and the Roussillon’s Jean-Marc Lafage, the 2016 Evodia comes from higher elevation vineyards and is mostly Garnacha (there’s 5% Syrah) aged in a mix of tank and demi-muids. This deep ruby/purple colored is a gorgeous, naked expression of Grenache that just knocks it out of the park. Blackberries, blueberries, pepper, licorice and hints of asphalt all emerge from this plump, sexy, opulent, and shockingly concentrated wine that has incredible charm and character. It’s the best 10-dollar bottle of...Read More »

Wine Spectator: "Reliant on seductive, creamy, vanilla-laced oak, a trait that will divide purists and hedonists. An appealing if obvious choice for those who like prominent oak. Drink now through 2024. (JL)" (06/2018) K&L Notes: Owner and winemaker Joseph Wagner named Belle Glos winery in honor of his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner, who was a co-founder of Caymus Vineyards in Napa Valley. Wagner produces Pinots from all over California and the grapes for this particular wine come from the Dairyman vineyard in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma C...Read More »

95 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The red flagship 2006 Viña Tondonia Reserva was inspired by the vineyards of the Médoc but produced with local grapes, 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo, which achieved 13% alcohol in 2006. It always matures in used American oak barriques for some six years. The oldest of all the reds I tasted, it was also the one with more freshness, which speaks to the quality of the vineyard. This takes the lion's share of the 400,000 bottles the winery produces, with some 220,000 bottles filled over a ...Read More »

This oddball little malt is the first Croftengea (pronounced “Croft-N-Gay”) we’ve ever seen. The heavily peated malt from the reclusive Loch Lomand distillery is easily the best thing they make. A stupendous Highland peater that definitely has some of the more woodsy earthy smoke as well as hints of briny kippers and sea spray. A gorgeous pointed citrus quality and warming fresh bread note round out this powerful yet elegant peater and solidifies it as one of the most affordable and interesting malts we’ve ever sold this year. Similar bottles from other ...Read More »

93 points Wine Enthusiast: "Called Cuvée 7 because it is aged for seven years after bottling and before disgorgement, this wine is beautifully mature. It has a tight texture that is rich. The fruit is relaxing into almond and yeast flavors, with some toast as well as considerable minerality. The bottling is ready to drink. (RV)" (08/2018) K&L Notes: This is the tete de cuvée from the Baron family in Charly-sur-Marne, and what a big step up it is! It is all estate grown and composed of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Meunier, a proportion of whic...Read More »

This rosé bottling is 100% Grand Cru Pinot Noir. The wine is made by assembling multiple vintages and red Coteaux Champenoises sourced from old vines. This lovely Rosé Champagne offers hints of raspberry, strawberry and red currant. It is refined on the palate where the berry notes unfurl into subtle notes of grenadine.

Wine Enthusiast: "Brightly fruity, this blend with 85% Sauvignon Blanc goes for the tropical-fruit character of the grape. Attractive acidity and a zingy edge are balanced by ripe apricot and pineapple flavors. Drink from late 2017. (RV)" (08/2017) K&L Notes: The wine just shines! Sauvignon Blanc (the base of the wine is zippy and herbaceous and has brisk acidity), Semillon (for body and structure), and Muscadelle. This wine is crisp and super focused on the palate. Minerals and earth with lemons and limes. According to Robert Parker: "Thanks to the ta...Read More »

Our best deal in pink bubbles! Fans of Billecart-Salmon take note: this is an elegant, dry style that is made entirely from estate-grown fruit in Brouillet. This Champagne is a blend of half and half Pinot Noir and Meunier. The color comes from 12% Meunier that is vinified red, from an old-vine plot that gets quite ripe. It is a very pretty tarnished pink color and has a lazy bead from over five years of aging on the lees. Our current selection has a 2012 base wine. It has gorgeous red cherry fruit on the nose and mid-palate, but still finishes snappy an...Read More »

Alexandre le Brun is a young, ninth generation winemaker in Monthelon in the Ardenne (Marne) region of Champagne. His family established themselves in Champagne in 1750 and their cellars were built in 1822. We were very pleased to meet him and are very excited to carry his wines.

There is only one distillery on the Isle of Mull and while it has a history dating back to the late 1700s, for much of that history, the distillery has been closed. Fortunately for us, in the 1990s the distillery was opened again after its most recent 11 year closure, and has gone back to producing classic island malts. With its small production of less than 1 million liters per year the distillery makes two very different malts today. Tobermory is the namesake malt of the distillery and is generally, although confusingly, not always unpeated. Ledaig is ...Read More »

93 points Vinous: "The 2013 Barbaresco Ronchi is darker and more imposing wine than the straight Barbaresco, but it offers a similar level of quality. Wild cherry, smoke, tobacco, licorice and incense fill out the wine's strapping, powerful frame effortlessly. This is an especially muscular, imposing style. Readers should be prepared to cellar the 2013 for at least a few years. (AG)" (10/2017)

97 points Decanter: "Youthful, refined and layered nose of nutty characters, peaches, apricots, apples, pears and lime. The palate is well structured with crisp acidity, ripe yellow stone fruit, a salty minerality and excellent length. This is an altogether seriously good Grüner Veltliner with profound complexity and promise. Age in bottle will only add to its stature. *Platinum Award Decanter World Wine Awards 2018*" (06/2018) 92 points James Suckling: "A smoky nose (slight reduction) and a tightly-wound, sleek palate make this a long-term wine that w...Read More »

91 points James Suckling: "A layered and flavorful Chardonnay with lots of cooked apple and hints of lemon rind. Full body, hints of vanilla and green apple yet its full malo. Some lime undertones." (11/2018) 90 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2016 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast (aged in 40% new French oak) features ripe melon, guava and Golden Delicious apples notes with touches of ripe peaches, buttered toast and cashews. The palate is medium to full-bodied with loads of tropical fruit and stone fruit flavors filling the mouth, finishing lively. ...Read More »

From the producer: "We are located in Villers aux Noeuds, a few kilometers south of Reims on the axis Reims-Epernay. We operate 6 ha of vines on 5 terroirs in 1er Cru of the Montagne de Reims and one in the Ardre Valley...Nature de Solemme is in conversion to organic farming. It is a champagne 100% Chardonnay first premium of the mountain of West Reims."

94 points James Suckling: " Beautiful aromas of cherries, dark chocolate and lemon rind, following through to a full body with round and chewy tannins. Yet, it is polished and soft. A juicy finish. A blend of Merlot, Sangiovese, Syrah and Petit Verdot. Drink or hold. " (09/2018)

Alexandre Le Brun is the smallest producer that we import, or even carry, from Champagne at just 7.5 acres. He only makes wine from half of the grapes he brings in, selling the rest off to négociants - his production is just one thousand cases a year total. This tiny scale allows Alex to do nearly everything himself and his hands-on approach shows through in the finished product. He only uses his own estate fruit for his Champagne, and although small, it is diverse. He farms 22 plots in eight different villages. Among these are some of the oldest vines i...Read More »

This wonderful vintage Champagne is composed exclusively from old vine selection massal Pinot Meunier. The two plots it comes from are Les Chaillots, planted in 1970, and Les Jenne Craux, planted in in 1969. The dosage is kept low, at six grams per liter, and it has both power and also refreshment.

Nello Baricci and his family have lived and farmed Sangiovese on their southeastern-facing slope of the Montosoli hill since the 1930s. Their wines are pure, supple, lithe and complex; they are full of tobacco, sweet earth, licorice, violets, rosemary and have long and persistent finishes, as evidenced in this fantastic Rosso, meant to drink now and over the next five years.

"This wine was made by a very famous Sonoma winery, and I can not tell you its name," says K&L's co-owner Clyde Beffa. I will say that this VERY famous Sonoma Mountain winery made some fabulous Cabernets in the '80s. The owner then was a great friend of K&L--we sold MANY cases of his Cabs. The 1986 from this winery got 94 Parker points during a Napa Valley Cab blind tasting. Buy it up before it sells out! Decant and drink now or cellar for a few years.

All Mesnil grand cru bargain!!!! This wine comes from all estate-grown fruit in the grand cru of Mesnil. It is a very clean wine with pure flavors and a complex, subtle nose. The texture is silky and delicate, but the finish is quite powerful. This is a very stylish wine, and a very good deal thanks to a direct buy from the producer. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne Buyer)

Averaen Pinot Noir comes from the folks at Banshee, and is made in Oregon by winemaker Adam Smith, who made Banshee's first batch! They always make a spot-on quality-for-price Pinot, and we're excited to see them in action in Oregon. According to the winery's vintage notes, 2017 saw an elongated harvest in good conditions, and the wines show exceptional structure, focus, and juicy red fruit in abundance. A classic Oregon vintage.

100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Another best to date, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Cuvée du Papet from Thierry Sabon is pure perfection in a glass. More powerful than the classic cuvée, with killer black raspberries, crushed rocks, garrigue, salty minerality, and iodine, it's deep, full-bodied, concentrated, and sexy, yet has building tannin. It's one of those “iron fist in a velvet glove” wines and continued to gain depth and richness every time I went back to the glass. Old-school, traditional Châteauneuf-du-Pape doesn’t get any better, and readers should ...Read More »

91 points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: "Good deep red. Pungent aromas of currant, cherry skin, leather, graphite, olive and flowers. Suave, minerally and penetrating, with lovely energy and floral lift. Not at all a fleshy style but classic, vibrant and firmly built, finishing with excellent lift. (ST)" (05/2008) 91 points Wine Enthusiast: "Though this is the second wine for Lafite-Rothschild, it is a major wine in its own right, with its dense, powered fruit and a structure obviously built to last. There is sweet, rich fruit and lively ...Read More »

Robert Parker once wrote of Prisoner Wine Co.: "This winery, dedicated to négociant, relatively large-production cuvées of blended wines, was founded by the brilliant Dave Phinney and sold in 2009. Today the wines are made by the very talented Jen Beloz. These wines are distinctive, creative blends of exceptionally high quality, especially given the production totals that they achieve." Prisoner Wine Co. is now owned by Constellation Brands.

James Suckling: "Shows red cherries, elderberries and freshly cut herbs. Medium body, fresh acidity and a fresh finish. Drink now." (09/2018) K&L Notes: Owned by the Tagliabue family since 1979, the wine growing on the estate dates back to the 17th century. Known for their Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti, the name "Salvi" refers to the supposed health-giving effects of this terroir. Villa Poggio Salvi's modern winery is partly subterranean and set within the contours of the hillsides.

Made with yamada-nishiki rice polished to 60%. Utilizes the Kimoto production method, the traditional way to create the fermentation starter. In this method, steamed rice is beaten with poles or stomped on (akin to grape stomping in wine) in order to create acidic rice paste. This is an environment in which only the most vigorous yeast can survive. Sake fermented with a kimoto starter has a robust, deep and broad flavor with few impurities. Kimoto sake's bolder flavor profile lends itself well to food pairings, especially rich, oily dishes that more deli...Read More »

Jeb Dunnuck: "Another good value, the 2016 Pinot Noir Edna Valley offers terrific Pinot Noir character in its tart cherry and strawberry fruits. With more floral and underbrush notes developing with time in the glass, this medium-bodied effort has no hard edges and a seamless, elegant texture that just begs to be drunk." (11/2018) K&L Notes: Entirely sourced from Edna Valley in San Luis Obispo County, Fossil Point is named for the headland area along the rugged coastline. The marine breezes have a distinct influence on the Edna Valley terroir that is i...Read More »

94 points Wine Enthusiast: "Hedonistic is an apt word to describe this luscious, perfumed sip full of black plum and cherry flavors. It’s unabashedly ripe and rich but maintains an upright edge marked by earth and mineral tones. The finish is long and silky, framed by chalky tannins and whiffs of rose and violet. Delicious already but should improve through 2028. Seaview Imports. (AI) *Editor's Choice*" (12/2018) 93 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "Hints of mocha mark the nose of the 2016 Gigondas Cotes Jugunda, a small portion of which spent tim...Read More »

Winemaker Anthony Girard grew up in his family's Sancerre winery, but spent a number of years learning about production all over the world before returning home to continue working with Sauvignon Blanc. While continuing to help with the namesake Girard label, Anthony wanted to create his own project on the side and eventually purchased a small plot of pristine real estate near the town of Récy with primo Sancerre limestone soils. After acquiring the vines he was given a large key as a symbolic gesture of new ownership, or a "clef du récit," which became ...Read More »

Jean-Michel is the third Giboulot to head the family estate in Savigny-lès-Beaune, having resided over the 12 hectares in Beaune, Pommard, and Savigny since 1982. Recently making the conversion over to organic farming, the wines have become fresher and rounder thanks to more destemming as well. The 2015 vintage might be the best we've tasted yet from the portfolio, one that we've been working with directly now for a number of years.

Abbazia is a monastery founded in 1142 by the Augustinian Order of Canons Regular and which produces a range of white and red wines from both estate vineyards at the abbey and from smaller growers near the town of Novacella in the Isarco River Valley. White grapes are grown at the abbey and red grapes such as Schiava, Pinot Noir and Lagrein come from near Lago di Caldaro and the town of Bolzano. According to the winery, the Schiava is "Bright pale ruby, fruity on the nose, with aromas reminiscent of summer fruits and cherry; succulent, gentle and fruity ...Read More »

The strikingly underappreciated Miltonduff distillery is unique in so many ways. Built on the site of an old mill for the Pluscarden Abbey, the distillery's old stone buildings hide one of Speyside's most delicious malts. Originally a Priory founded by King Alexander II in 1230, the area became renowned for illicit distillation. Originally licensed in 1824, the name, Milton, was taken from a still that operated on the property. The Duff family owned the lands surrounding the abbey, hence the name Miltonduff. The malt became an important component of the...Read More »

A surefire Bordeaux Superieur that delivers loads of quality in return for a minimal investment. Described by French wine guide Gilbert & Gaillard as: "Deep garnet. Oaked nose recalling ripe red and black fruits. The palate is supple and soft and highlights focused fruit. The tannins point to youthfulness. Balanced throughout."

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: "Light gold. Musky aromas of pear skin, peach and herbs, plus a hint of honey. Fleshy and broad on entry, then tighter in the middle, offering good depth to its sappy orchard fruit flavors. Shows a lot of ripe fruit for a wine that got no dosage. The smooth finish offers good clarity and decent persistence. This fruity Cava would be a good match for salty or spicy foods. (JR)" (11/2011) Wine Spectator: "Definitely a dry-style cava, this features lightly chalky acidity and flavors of green pear, lemon zest and...Read More »

Fabiano and Valentina are the new-generation owners of one of the most ancient settlements in the Montalcino wine area of Tuscany. Local Brunello grapes (Sangiovese Grosso) are world-wide known for the special rich flavours, taste and ability to age beautifully. Rosso di Montalcino DOC – 100% Sangiovese. The typical meal in this part of Tuscany always starts with the Rosso (Red) and ends with the Brunello, followed by a Vin Santo. Rosso is the second growth of Brunello and still very enjoyable! Medium body, peppery, fresh in acidity, matches antipasti w...Read More »

100% Pinot Noir with no malolactic fermentation. Strawberry and raspberry nose with toasty notes and jammy scents. On the palate, Morello cherries, a touch of cranberry, ample structure, and a racy finish. Lovely as an aperitif or with white meats such as chicken or pork.

After a rocky history of on again off again production, Glenturret, one of Scotland's smallest distilleries, settled into the portfolio of The Edrington Group - owner's of The Macallan and Highland Park, among others. With this change in ownership so too came a change in the destiny of Glenturret as a single malt. In 2002 Edrington transformed the distillery into The Famous Grouse Experience. While there are official distillery releases of Glenturret, the vast majority of their production goes into the Grouse blends and, if this single cask here is any i...Read More »

This super rare bottling is made with some of the nearly extinct, native varietals of Champagne. It is composed of 40% Petit Meslier, 40% Arbanne and 20% Pinot Blanc. I think it is the best of the excellent Ariston portfolio. The nose has only hints of exoticism; the overall impression is of rich cream and toast, but underneath is a hint of pine and exotic white fruit from the old varieties. On the palate the Champagne makes for a double take: it is very rich and textural, but finishes with a laser beam of chalky acidity that just goes on and on. It is f...Read More »